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 HKKRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cooper, Samuel William, lawyer, author, was born March 5, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He

w-as educated at

home with a

tutor;

graduated from the law school of the university of Pennsylvania. Since 1881 lis has been in the active practice law in of

and

dent, author, was born Oct. 22, 1759, in London, England. He was president of the college of South Carolina in 1820-34. Ho was the author of Letters on the Slave Trade;

Tracts Ethical, Theological, and Information Concerning America; rupt Law of America compared of England; Tracts on Medical ence;

An

views and magazines. He is independent in politics, and is a mem-

bia, S.C.

of

the

art

and

lawyers clubs of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Confession of a Society Man; Three Days; Think and Thank; and other works. Cooper, Mrs. Sarah Brown IngersoU, philanthropist, author, poet, was born Dec. 12, 1836, in Cazenovia, N. Y. During the civil war she was elected president of the society for the aid of refugees and taught a bible class of three hundred soldiers. In 1869 she moved to San Francisco, and there won a national repu;

tation

in

religious

and educational work. While the credit of establishing

the first kindergarten in San Francisco is due to Professor Felix Adler, yet the credit of the extraordinary success of the work is almost entirely due to Mrs. Cooper. Nearly half a million dollars was given to her to carry on kindergarten work in San Francisco and thousands of little children have been trained in these schools. She was the foimder and president of the Golden gate kindergarten association. She died in 1896 in San Francisco, Cal. Cooper, Susas Fenimore, litterateur, author, was born in 1813 in Scadsdale, N.Y. She was the author of Rural Hours; Country Rambles; Rhyme and Reason; Country Life; The Shield, a Narrative; and Mount Vernon and the Children of America. She died in 1894 in Cooperstown, N.Y. Cooper, T. E., lawyer, jurist. In 1896 he was chief justice of the supreme court of Mississippi for the first district. Cooper, Theodore, civil engineer, was born Jan. 12, 1839, in Copper's Plains, N.Y. He served throughout the civil war as an engineer officer. In 1875 he constructed the steel bridge at St. Louis, Mo.; and also the SeeTconk bridge at Providence, R.I. Cooper, Thomas, congressman, was born in Delaware. In 1813-17 he was a representative from Delaware to the thirteenth and fourteenth congresses. He died in Delaware. Cooper, Thomas, scieneist, college presifree

Political;

The Bankwith that Jurisprud-

Elements of Political Economy; and

Philadelphia, Pa. He is a contributor to re-

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Justinian.

He

died

of

May

the Institutes 11, 1840, in

of

Colum-

Cooper, Thomas Apthorpe, actor, theatrical manager, was born in 1776 in England. For several years he held a foremost rank on the English stage. In 1804 he returned to New York and soon afterward, for a long time, became lessee of the Park theatre. He died April 21, 1849, in Bristol, Pa. Cooper, Thomas B., physician, congressman, was born Dec. 29, 1823, in Cooperstown, Pa. In 1861-63 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh congress. He died April 4, 1862, in Cooperstown, Pa. Cooper, Thomas Valentine, soldier, journalist, state senator, author, was born Jan. 16, 1835, in Cadiz, Ohio. He served in the three months' service as first-lieutenant in the civil war; and three years as private in

company

C, twenty-sixth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers. For forty-seven years he has been editor of the Delaware County American of Media, Pa. In 1870-72 he was a representative in the Pennsylvania state legislature; and in 1874-89 was a member of the state senate. In 1888-89 and in 188994 he was collector of the court of Philadelphia; and in 1900-04 was again a representative in the Pennsylvania state legislature. He is the author of American Politics. Cooper, W. E., congressman. In 1839-41 he was a representative from the New Jersey to the twenty-sixth congress as a democrat.

Cooper, William, clergyman, author, was born in 1694 in Boston, Mass. In 1716-43 he was pastor of the Brattle Street church of Boston, Mass. He was the author of Tract Defending Inoculation for the Small Pox; and The Doctrine of Predestination unto Life. He died Dec. 13, 1743, in Boston, Mass. Cooper, William, patriot, was born in 1720 in Boston, Mass. He was distinguished for his patriotic services during the revolutionary war; and for forty-nine years was town clerk of Boston, Mass. He died Nov. 28, 1809 in Boston, Mass. Cooper, William, founder, congressman, was born in Burlington, N.J. He became a founder of Cooperstown, N.Y. In 1795-97 and 1799-1801 he was a representative from New York to the fourth and sixth congresses. He was the father of the eminent auth-

He died in or, James Fenimore Cooper. Cooperstown, N.Y. Cooper, William B., governor, was born in Delaware. He was the seventeenth governor